See NY Clean & Safe Boats equipped for no discharge zones at Buffalo Bills Boat Show

by jmaloni

Press release

Fri, Feb 22nd 2013 07:00 am

New York's Discover Clean & Safe Boats - equipped
with all the gear required and recommended for legal, safe, and environmentally
friendly boating in New York waters - will be at the Buffalo Bills Boat Show
Feb. 27 through March 3 at the Buffalo Bills Healthy Zone Fieldhouse in Orchard
Park.

New with the 2013 exhibit, coordinated by New York Sea
Grant, is a sewage pump out-system pedestal-and-hose array provided by Edson
Pumps Marine Division, New Bedford, Mass.

"New York's Great Lakes will soon be designated 'no
discharge zones,' so we equipped the 2013 Discover Clean & Safe Boating
exhibit with a pumpout array to educate boaters about the coming new
environmental requirement for boating on Lake Erie and Lake Ontario," said
Discover Clean & Safe Boating campaign creator Dave White, coastal
recreation and tourism specialist with New York Sea Grant (Oswego).

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency defines a "no
discharge zone" as an area in which both treated and untreated sewage
discharges from vessels are prohibited.

For 2013, the Discover Clean & Safe Boats
educational vessels are a 16-foot fishing boat and a 12.9-foot canoe. Both 2013
Discover Clean & Safe Boats were made in New York by Marathon Boat Group
(Marathon).

"Our focus in 2013 is also on educating anglers and
paddlesports enthusiasts about how to be safe on the water and how they can
help reduce the spread of aquatic invasive species," White said.

Western New York Boat Show Manager Dennis Powers
noted, "The Discover Clean & Safe Boating educational vessels are always a
great addition to the Buffalo Bills Boat Show. Boaters can visit the exhibit to
see how to equip their own boats and pick up important information to help them
be safe and legal, and good stewards of New York's fabulous boating
environment."

The Discover Clean & Safe Boating campaign, which
has earned honors from the BoatUS Foundation, is a collaboration by New York
Sea Grant with the Boating Industries Association of Upstate New York, Marine
Trades Association of Western New York, other marine trade organizations,
Marathon Boat Group, Arney's Marina, and the national Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers
program. Morgan Recreational Supply and Taylor Made Products supplied the
boating gear for the traveling educational exhibit.

The Buffalo Bills Boat Show is Buffalo's largest boat
show, with all the major dealers from Western New York and more under the lights
and on the summer-like turf at the Buffalo Bills Healthy Zone Fieldhouse. Show
hours are 5-9 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 27; noon-9pm on Thursday, Feb. 28, and
Friday, March 1; from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, March 2; and 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. on Sunday, March 3. Admission is $7 and parking is free. The Marine Trades
Association of Western New York organizes the show; find details online at www.buffaloboating.com.

For more information on the Discover Clean & Safe Boating
campaign, visit www.nyseagrant.org.